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Brian H

There are two differant types of speakers, my 98 pre facelift speakers have a lock ring behind the panel, below are the speakers removed. http://i685.photobucket.com/albums/vv218/Ardchyle/2010_01230003.jpg http://i685.photobucket.com/albums/vv218/Ardchyle/2010_01230004.jpg had to access the rear of ...

Brian H

JoeyD wrote:Iv noticed she is using more fuel than i thought...I was expecting 30ish mpg but im in the 20-25mpg area...Maybe iv just got a heavy foot as iv only just got her!

This can be a result of a broken thermostat, if the engine is not up to temp it will run rich.

Brian H

Ormesome I agree with the above, I too have a 1.9 and recently had this very same problem. It turned out to be my thermostat, it had stuck open. The needle of your temp guage should sit in the middle of the guage right through the green temp chart below. An easy fix and not too expensive. If you go ...

Brian H

I have a spare one, I'll try and get it off today.

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Brian H

No not a relay but a resistor, the resistor is situated in the blower ducting and it has three different resistance values. The different values enables the three fan speeds. The resister comes as one part with a multipin connector on the top.

Hope this helps

Brian H

Hi Liam,

You need a blower resister, the resistor is located behind the centre console in the passenger footwell.

IIRC the part is approx £25.00 from a dealer, once you have located the resister fitting is straight forward as the new one will just plug in.

Good Luck

Brian H

Your welcome Dennis, It's great to get these little jobs sorted out. Glad I could help

Brian H

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yelrampfishing I copied this from the 2000 ETM, You can see the Unloader Relay position in the fuse box. K9 X63. So far as I can see it cover a few functions i.e. rear heated screen & heated seats. I cannot see any relay reference at the moment. http://i685.photobucket.com/albums/vv218/Ardchyle...

Brian H

Hi Monkey22 I retrofitted heated seats into my 1.9 1998. It was pretty straight forward. Parts you will need are as follows: - Seats with the heater element in them x 2 (NOTE: the elements can be installed to existing seats but this is a pig of a job) Heated seat switches x 2 Underloader relay x 1 (...

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Brian H

Had a look here and the nearest I could find was a 00 44 code which meant "44 Knock Sensor, Cyl 5-6"

Brian H

I wondered what this was myself, I just copied this of the internet. The cyclone valve/oil separator is a device which is used to take crankcase vapors and run them through this valve using the cyclone method to throw the oil outward allowing it to drain down back into the pan. It also uses a rubber...

Brian H

Has anybody had any actual experience of leaving a multicar policy to go back to individual policies? I received my no claims back for both my cars (8+1), interestingly Admiral only count up to 5 years no claims so when I got my certificate back it read 5+1. I had to contact customer services to ge...

Brian H

Titan,

I insured 2 cars through Admiral multi-car, the price beat any other deal I could find. Renewal came around with a £400.00 increase in the premium so I insured else where. The only down side is that I now have 2 cars that require insuring on the same day. Ouch, sore on the pocket.

Brian

Brian H

Hi Canman

Clicky thing would be written as this: -

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Brian H

There are three screws to remove the side trim, one at the front, one at the tilt handle and one at the rear. There is also a plastic fixing which is located underneath. If you can disconnect the seat height motor from its connector (black on my seat) and use connector to power the forward backward ...

Brian H

The motor for the horizontal seat adjustment is situated at the front of the seat. There are 2no: black plastic tubes coming of of hte sides of the motor which cover the drive shafts. You can change this motor without having to remove the seat although it will be a little tricky. The motor is held i...

Brian H

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Good luck

Brian H

Thanks for the comments, I did not realise that this could be done through the small inspection grommit.

Luckily I was killing two birds with one stone as I was also changing the window sliders at the same time.

Brian H

I ticked another small job off the never ending list, I got round to replacing the perished door handle rubbers. http://i685.photobucket.com/albums/vv218/Ardchyle/2010_01300001.jpg I bought a set of Fleabay for a few quid (the set delivered was for a 4 door E36 but the front door handles are the sam...

Brian H

I looked at this just the other day on another forum, seems it is more common than you might imagine.

I believe there is an electronic speed sensor on the left hand side of the transmission.

HTH

Brian H

That makes sense Jon, you can see the resistor on the diagram above. I suppose it is the same principle as the passenger seat bypass!

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Brian H

Hi Jonttt, I had a look at the ETM for you type of car, You are correct with your wiring however the ETM shows the airbag stage 1 & 2 pairs connecting to an airbag diagnostic module. I would assume that both of these circuits are monitored. http://i685.photobucket.com/albums/vv218/Ardchyle/Z3Air...

Brian H

Hi dooby,

I am afraid that unless you have your own reset tool, the light has to be reset by a dealer or Indie.

Glad you found the problem with the seat though

Brian H

Ardchyle - 34MPG seems exceptionally good :thumb: How would you describe your drive cycle? Only a few short commutes to the local village c6 mile round trip. Most journeys are single carriageway c90 mile round trip to the big city (national speed limit :oops: honest), lovely twisty roads for the Z ...

Brian H

I am currently getting 34 MPG on my '98 1.9l M44 (93k on the clock)

Brian H

Kopite Having recently had my seats apart changed the bushes to stop them rocking, I noticed that the following might be a solution. These are some old seats so if you wanted to try I could send you the runners to practice on. Have a look at the diagram below, I have not done this nor have I seen t...

Brian H

Here are a couple of pics of the speakers removed. You can see that there is a lock ring that screws onto the speaker to hold in place, As Robert T suggests you will need to remove some trim to get to the lock ring behind. Hope this helps http://i685.photobucket.com/albums/vv218/Ardchyle/2010_012300...

Brian H

PNF911 wrote: have asked BMW for history of chassis number (thru a mate) but not sure how to check DVLA stuff

BMW can tell you the origin of the car via the VIN, it will show on their computer, The DVLA require a form to be filled in to trace the previous owners etc. Each trace costs £5

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Great Read Keith

I have the same problem with my fuel filler cap not aligning on my roadster as I am missing the rubber stopper from the inside of the filler cap?

Item 6 on the diagram below?

Is this also missing on yours?

Brian H

SP30 I had a similar dilemma to you late last year, spotted an ///M but it had the same problem, unfortunately the car was also an import and had a bad history so I left alone. If you can factor the repair into buying price of the car then once repaired you will have a really nice sorted ///M. There...

Brian H

But the M console also looks like it faces the driver slightly more so than the standard dashboards, which this part doesn't seem to The angle of the standard centre console and the ///M console are the same, you can retro fit your existing facia panels to this console if required (this might requi...

Brian H

Daniel,

I changed my seats last year (along with the rest of the interior

)and I can say that this transformed the whole feel of the car for me. I would definitely recommend the change over.

Brian H

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Thanks for all the hard work

Brian H

Hi War Pig

Recently had this on my 1.9, the temp needle would not reach the centre. A new thermostat solved the problem and it now runs up to temp no problem. I used the test function in the speedo head to check the actual temp and it showed it was running cool.

Hope this helps

Brian H

Merry Christmas to you all. It's been great to be a part of this forum and has made my first year owning a z all the more enjoyable Thanks to you all. :thumb: Here's a few pictures of my winter wonderland (well garden really, taken this morning). http://i685.photobucket.com/albums/vv218/Ardchyle/200...

Brian H

Peter, D-reame did a conversion recently (he was fitting an ///M console but came up against the same dilemma with regard to old and new style switches), he has sold his car now but this thread give some information about the different switches and wiring. IIRC D-reame soldered onto the back of the ...

Brian H

I am with Hang_em_high, its got to be worth a try at that price.
I would think once fitted you will need the airbag light reset again by your indie and then it the airbag light should stay off. Only down side is that the passenger airbag would deploy with or without a passenger.

Brian H

Rob Tan wrote:[The 'we' being my son tanman and myself!]

I did wonder who to reply to, I was thinking split personality

P.S. z head thanks for the quote

Brian H

With water already in the rear shelf area, this can work its way down to the footwell - see image below.

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Brian H

Ok guys and girls here it is

The seller is here, the site seems to be updating today or is off line

Maybe worth an email to see if there are any more.

Good Luck

P.S. I hope they all turn out to be the same as mine

Brian H

Hi mv70

Nice Car!

Try this link

http://www.realoem.com/bmw/showparts.do ... g=51&fg=35

Is item 8 what you are looking for?

Brian H

I recently had my AC Schnitzer Type II fully refurbed. The centre caps were past their best so I opted for some generic BMW carbon effect logo centre caps off ebay. The centre caps arrived from Taiwan and I noticed that the back of the centre caps were exactly like my origionals including all the te...

Brian H

Just had a look for the tilt sensor in my Z (house brick style alarm fob), no sign of one in the boot!

I'm now intrigued, I'll have a look in the ETM to see if it tells me the location

Brian H

Whilst working from home today I noticed something outside catch the corner of my eye.

I had two of them for hours feeding away, great to watch. Not so good whilst tying to work!!!

Brian H

Seats should be a straight swap provided they came from a pre-facelift car. If they are post-facelift then the wiring may need to be adapted - can't remember whether it is the airbag/pretensioner or the seat heating that had a different connector. There are a few threads on here on the subject whic...

Brian H

After an oil change a few weeks ago, I used a piece of wire held between 2 terminal for a pre determined length of time to reset the service indicator. Worked a treat.

Brian H

Silver centre console, is the wiring loom is the same ? Depends upon the style of centre console do you have any pics? Red and black sports seats heated Are they a stright swap? Yes they are a sraight swap, the wiring loom for the seat is in place for connection to the seats, you will require 2 no:...

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